TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Fidget blankets: a sensory stimulation outreach program JO - Consultant pharmacist A1 - Kroustos, Kelly Reilly A1 - Trautwein, Heidi A1 - Kerns, Rachel A1 - Sobota, Kristen Finley SP - 320 EP - 324 VL - 31 IS - 6 N2 - Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) include behaviors such as aberrant motor behavior, agitation, anxiety, apathy, delusions, depression, disinhibition, elation, hallucinations, irritability, and sleep or appetite changes. A student-led project to provide sensory stimulation in the form of "fidget blankets" developed into a community outreach program. The goal was to decrease the use of antipsychotics used for BPSD.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0888-5109 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4140/TCP.n.2016.320 ID - ref1 ER -